{"id":22560,"date":"2016-09-22T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/?p=22560"},"modified":"2016-09-27T19:40:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T19:40:33","slug":"mermaids-girl-gangs-kai-cheng-thom-tells-us-upcoming-first-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/fr\/mermaids-girl-gangs-kai-cheng-thom-tells-us-upcoming-first-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"From mermaids to girl gangs: Kai Cheng Thom tells us more about her upcoming first novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl&#039;s Confabulous Memoir\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jybdotUuOMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl&#8217;s Confabulous Memoir <em>is scheduled for release in November 2016. In this second instalment of our ongoing interview series with the author, Kai Cheng Thom tells us more about the story, a couple of her favourite characters, and where she sees the book fitting into the broader context of trans publishing:<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s a novel about a runaway trans girl of colour who is searching for herself. And in that search for herself, she finds fist fights, sisterhood, a vigilante gang, an evil doctor, a witch, the Goddess of War, and a whole cast of other characters who she learns how to love, how to hurt, how to forgive, and how to love again.&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8220;I like to think of the book as a satirical\u2014but also very heartfelt\u2014commentary on and homage to where trans lit has been, in terms of the memoir and autobiography, and where it&#8217;s going, in terms of leaping into\u00a0<em>every other possible\u00a0<\/em>genre and narrative trope.&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/metonymypress.com\/fr\/shop\/\"><strong><em>Preorder a copy of Kai Cheng Thom&#8217;s first novel today!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl&#8217;s Confabulous Memoir<\/em> is scheduled for release in November 2016 by Metonymy 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